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A high-ranking commander of FARC surrendered to government authorities on Sunday, striking a blow to the guerrilla drug trafficking organization.
From the LA Times:
Analysts said the surrender of Nelly Avila Moreno, alias Karina, is a blow to the morale of the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, in whose ranks she fought for 24 years, [...]

The Associated Press is reporting that FARC guerrillas are increasingly crossing the border in Venezuela to purchase food and weapons and continue their trade in cocaine.
From the AP:
Well inside Venezuela, Colombian insurgents rest, train, buy arms and uniforms, recover from wounds and process cocaine, according to the rebel deserters, Venezuelan opposition politicians and Colombian officials.
Some [...]

As previously mentioned, the drug cartels in Colombia are increasingly turning to the high seas to transport their product by building submarines that are difficult to detect by sonar.
From National Public Radio:
With huge profits as the lure, drug traffickers in Colombia use every possible method to ship their cocaine to market. And, if [...]

Ben Wallace-Wells of The Rolling Stone has written a piece that covers America’s response to the global drug trade.
Titled How America Lost the War on Drugs, the article highlights the missteps taken by the US Federal Government in dealing with the issues of illegal drugs.
Thanks to new research, U.S. policy-makers knew with increasing certainty what would [...]

Authorities in Colombia discovered two drug smuggling submarines built by FARC rebels.
IN a scene that might have come from a James Bond thriller, a secret boatyard has been discovered in a South American swamp where drug barons were building submarines with the aim of landing tons of cocaine on to American beaches.
A pair of submarines [...]

From the Washington Post:
Colombian drug kingpins in league with corrupt Venezuelan military officers are increasingly using this country as a way station for smuggling cocaine to the United States and Europe, according to Colombian and U.S. officials. The Bush administration’s dismal relations with Venezuela’s government have made matters worse, anti-drug agencies say, paralyzing counternarcotics cooperation.
Venezuela [...]

One of the most wanted traffickers in the world was arrested on Monday by soilders in Colombia.
Alleged drug kingpin Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez was believed to have been responsible for 70 percent of the Cocaine in the United States and Europe, according to Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos .  In addition, his drug trafficking organization is [...]

According to a report in The Washington Post, former AUC paramilitary soldiers are now joing the Colombian drug trade.
Now, in the latest evolution of Colombia’s unremitting drug trade, new criminal gangs led by former mid-level paramilitary commanders have surfaced in about half of Colombia’s 32 states. Authorities here estimate that the groups — steeped in [...]